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Olympic gold medallist caught sleeping in park; it´s hard to sleep at athletes´ village.
By Anna Akopyan •
Published: 05 Aug 2024 • 12:39
• 2 minutes read


The Olympic swimming gold medallist Thomas Ceccon was caught sleeping in a park after claiming; it´s hard to sleep both at night and in the afternoon, at the athletes´ village.


Olympic gold medallist prefers the park to the athletes´ village

An image of Ceccon sleeping in a park was shared on social media; it is unclear whether the picture was taken before or after Italy was eliminated from the men´s 4z100m medley heats. The Italian swimmer scored gold in the men´s 100m backstroke, becoming one of the top European swimmers, yet he had no proper place to sleep during the Paris Olympics.


There is no air conditioning in the village, it´s hot, the food is bad, confessed Ceccon. Many athletes move for this reason: it´s not an alibi or excuse, it´s the reality of what perhaps not everyone knows. The athlete wasn´t the only one complaining; Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus said about the Paris 2024 Games; It´s definitely not made for high performance, it´s about who can really keep it together in the mind.


Tennis star Daria Saville also revealed; We don´t really have hotel-like housekeeping here in the Olympic Village, so you have to get your own toilet paper. Just after one night of sleeping on the state-of-the-art Airwave beds made of cardboard, the swimmer Tilly Kearns said; my back is about to fall off.


With the pressure of a global sports competition, it is hard to imagine the state of athletes who have been stripped of quality rest during this demanding time.


Olympic athletes compete sleep-deprived

A retired Olympic swimmer James Magnussen wrote on his blog; The lack of world records boils down to this whole eco-friendly, carbon footprint, vegan-first mentality rather than high performance.  In the chase of becoming the greenest ever Olympics, Paris 2024 may have just gone overboard.


The location of the athletes´ village was chosen with an ambitious project; This village was thought up as a neighbourhood that is going to have a life afterwards, said Georgina Grenon the Paris 2024 director of sustainability.
Olympics officials chose the location intending to revitalize Paris´ impoverished northern suburbs, yet there is now a risk that the current residents would be priced out.


It´s a huge test lab, confessed Grenon about the 2024 Olympics. Seeming more like survival games than an elite sporting competition, Paris´ decision to use the Games as a test for sustainability appeared entirely inappropriate to many.
Do the conditions of 30+ degree weather, no air conditioning, poor nutrition and restless sleep weaken the Olympians? Or do they push the strength of human boundaries?


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From Moscow to Costa Blanca, Anna has spent over 10 years in Spain and one year in Berlin, where she worked as an actress and singer. Covering European news, Anna´s biggest passions are writing and travelling.


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